Ali takes a personal look at the complexities of his childhood through old photographs, vivid memories and a bunch of tunes in an attempt to reconnect with his feelings at that time.
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yousef menesy
ALI
A man trapped in an aimless routine becomes the spectator of his own life as he wanders through the urban landscapes of his city in search of something that gives him meaning. Between memories and ghosts, he faces his doubts and longings, questioning what is real and what is just a projection of his loneliness.
The Tragedy of an Artist, is an experimental short shot over the course of a week. This film is meant to illustrate who Hero Foltz is as a person and his struggles with self identity
An abstract exploration of teenage hood and future discontents. It is the search for an alternative.
The end of the world isn’t a global catastrophe, but an inner sense of total collapse, like for a man who’s lost his job and doubts his wife’s loyalty. In despair, he goes fishing and finds a wounded angel. He takes the angel home on his bicycle and introduces him to his family. But soon after, during a party at a local bar, the angel is accidentally shot by a neighborhood policeman. Based on Gabriel García Márquez’s short story 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings'.
Questions how we as individuals are psychologically relying on our inhabit spaces and how we as society are influencing and being influenced by our surroundings.
A lost and lonely artist drowns in a collection of her dreams in search of her estranged sister.
Seeing himself as a form unable to experience intimacy, he is given the chance when brought to the household of twin sisters.
Through phone call conversations, an aspiring Ilocano filmmaker relates to his mother working in Italy about his dreams and struggles while documenting the invisible betweenness of their language and distance.
An extremist, comedic, political, surrealist movie about control, a little cat boy, a color changing violent leader with unbelievable hair, and totalitarian violence
A chronicle of the lives of a couple and the gradual dissolution of their relationship.
The people are in turmoil. The ground from which their enchanted garden grows, is trembling. Between bushes and trees, flowerbeds and fountains, everyone has lost their way on their own. Their eyes search for paths, their hands try to remember. Sometimes they spot something. Sometimes they listen. They catch a whisper, a faint promise. They follow the petals downstream. Further.
A wall-painting on Earth is too terrifying to exist, so unknown forces remove it.
A tormented man struggling with his inner demons, seeks desperately a way to be at peace with himself.
Two girls explore their relationship and what it means to be in the world and be vulnerable in this hand drawn graphite animation.
After escaping a violent relationship, a woman tries to rebuild her life, until a spider exhibition opens a crack in her present. What seemed like an ordinary visit turns into an intimate journey through the memories that still haunt her.
A boy lost in grief finds himself trapped in the quiet chaos of his own mind, seeking refuge and release through art and music.
A young man and woman say goodbye to one another in an abstract representation of an apartment entrance. He is leaving. They struggle to separate. They exchange a piece of paper, which hints at their past together, as a farewell gift.
Returning to his hometown one last time, a wayward love rat reignites friendships and reopens old wounds in one self-destructive weekend.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.
An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s.
Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
Louis Menkins is five weeks away from being released after 26 years in prison. He is faced with the decision to put his own release at risk in order to protect a young man named Beecher from growing gang controversies.
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
Based on the Vanity Fair article of the same title, a story about a young boy drawn into a web of lies through an online chatroom.
Up-and-coming sports reporter rescues a homeless man ("Champ") only to discover that he is, in fact, a boxing legend believed to have passed away. What begins as an opportunity to resurrect Champ's story and escape the shadow of his father's success becomes a personal journey as the ambitious reporter reexamines his own life and his relationship with his family.
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.